Mervyn Leonard Thomas YATES

 Mervyn Leonard Thomas YATES

New South Wales Police Force

Regd. #  5086

Rank:  Probationary Constable – appointed 4 March 1946

Inspector – appointed 7 March 1976

Stations:  ?

Service:  From  ?pre 4 March 1946  to  ? ? ?

World War II

Australian Imperial Force   Army

Regiment:  ?

Enlisted:                                            30 April 1941

Enlistment location:                Clarence Town, NSW

Place of Enlistment:                 Paddington, NSW

Service #                                            NX5674

Rank:                                                    Corporal

Embarkation:  ?

Next of kin:                                      Ruben YATES

Religion:  ?

Single / Married:  ?

Returned to Australia:  ?

Date of Discharge:                     30 December 1945

Posting at Discharge:              2/3 Pioneer Battalion

Honours & Gallantry:             None for display

Awards:  ? – nil found

Born:  11 June 1921

Died on:  19 December 2009

Cause:  ?

Age:  88

Funeral date:  ?

Funeral location:  ?

Buried at:  ?

 Memorial at:  ?

 Funeral location:  ?

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Mervyn is recorded in the 1979 NSW Police ‘Stud Book‘ as M.L.T. YATES, Born 11 June 1921 and having been appointed as a Probationary Constable on the 4 March 1946 which would have made him 24 at that time.

Various websites have him recorded at Mervyn Leonard Thomas YATES – born 11 June 1919 at Gunnedah, NSW, with his occupation as Police Constable.  http://natalie.witt.name/genealogy/family_wade.php?indi=@I3854@

His parents being Reuben George YATES & Florence Marion BAIRSTOW.

He is reported to have married Norma Ella COLLINS on the 14 February 1948 at St Johns Church, Wagga Wagga, NSW.

NSW BDM = 5885/1948   Mervyn Leonard Thomas YATES weds Norma Ella COLLINS

Looking into the World War II Veterans, he appears as Mervyn Leonard YATES, born 11 June 1919 at Gunnedah, NSW.